most career home runs in american league through 1956

Before 1957, Babe Ruth crushed the most home runs in the AL, with 708 home runs.

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most career home runs by a player in american league through 1956

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	708	2,475	8,327	2,161	2,860	506	136	2,202	2,042	43	1,306	123		10,525	5,762	1,350	113				.343	.475	.692	1.167	2713	1,434.9	.514	198	1,367.1
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	524	2,143	7,685	1,696	2,543	438	124	1,863	1,405	13	1,212	86		9,173	4,801	1,086	70			57	.331	.435	.625	1.060	2087	939.4	.468	162	789
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	493	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	1,995	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.447	.632	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
4	Ted Williams T. Williams	418	1,815	6,293	1,533	2,189	444	68	1,552	1,677	25	549	22	2	8,007	4,023	930	5	7	28	153	.348	.486	.639	1.126	1954	1,026.2	.501	190	895.8
5	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	361	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.325	.398	.579	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
6	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	306	1,269	4,791	975	1,528	366	69	1,200	748	12	771	58		5,586	2,950	741	35			50	.319	.412	.616	1.028	1200	526.1	.457	156	425.4
7	Al Simmons A. Simmons	300	2,113	8,408	1,468	2,831	522	144	1,784	591	28	694	88		9,134	4,541	966	107			10	.337	.382	.540	.922	1669	521.7	.413	132	399.9
8	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	288	1,863	6,920	1,239	2,051	396	95	1,283	1,075	24	851	96		8,047	3,501	779	28			102	.296	.393	.506	.899	1426	473.4	.411	133	351.6
9	Rudy York R. York	277	1,603	5,891	876	1,621	291	52	1,149	792	12	867	38		6,720	2,847	620	25			155	.275	.362	.483	.845	1057	297	.390	122	190.5
10	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	253	1,566	5,707	914	1,530	264	52	975	759	29	702	89		6,536	2,657	569	41			159	.268	.357	.466	.822	974	217.3	.379	120	167.5
11	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	248	2,287	8,656	1,482	2,735	500	173	1,612	949	55	585	176		9,822	4,325	921	162				.316	.387	.500	.887	1695	458.2	.402	127	355.4
12	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	247	1,720	6,497	1,001	1,859	307	42	1,174	692	6	685	25	7	7,240	2,991	596	37	8	0	169	.286	.355	.460	.815	1056	239	.377	117	148.8
13	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	238	1,340	5,026	823	1,477	226	42	1,003	457	37	228	20	13	5,545	2,501	506	8	17	13	94	.294	.356	.498	.854	861	213.7	.384	129	198.5
14	Earl Averill E. Averill	238	1,661	6,336	1,222	2,017	401	128	1,162	773	32	514	70		7,196	3,388	767	55			7	.318	.395	.535	.930	1348	436.4	.417	131	315.3
15	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	228	1,347	5,161	835	1,561	331	58	1,012	545	16	440	28		5,747	2,692	617	25			43	.302	.371	.522	.892	992	291.2	.402	126	210.9
16	Larry Doby L. Doby	226	1,286	4,572	856	1,299	202	47	833	779	36	861	44	7	5,425	2,273	475	20	18	14	76	.284	.391	.497	.888	922	287.4	.403	139	267.8
17	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	223	1,865	7,093	1,094	2,042	381	89	1,247	809	11	608	54	1	8,028	3,270	693	115			187	.288	.362	.461	.823	1199	272.7	.380	115	143.5
18	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	202	1,789	6,300	930	1,969	343	72	1,209	678	31	289	36		7,060	3,062	617	51			49	.313	.382	.486	.868	1182	312.3	.396	126	253.9
19	Gus Zernial G. Zernial	198	977	3,438	497	920	128	20	658	336	23	619	14	3	3,811	1,682	346	1	13	3	88	.268	.336	.489	.825	553	107.2	.370	115	69.7
20	Ken Williams K. Williams	196	1,316	4,616	837	1,496	275	73	899	549	26	262	149		5,344	2,505	544	153				.324	.399	.543	.942	1003	349.7	.427	137	266.3
21	Al Rosen A. Rosen	192	1,044	3,725	603	1,063	165	20	717	587	27	385	39	25	4,374	1,844	377	9	26	9	121	.285	.384	.495	.879	727	216.5	.397	137	201.9
22	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	190	1,246	4,374	652	1,218	214	40	823	637	19	598	7	10	5,071	2,082	444	23	18	13	101	.278	.371	.476	.847	789	195	.385	123	145.5
23	Charlie Keller C. Keller	189	1,170	3,790	725	1,085	166	72	760	784	10	499	45	0	4,604	1,962	427	20			50	.286	.410	.518	.928	849	331.2	.428	152	291.5
24	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	184	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	1,427	1,186	50	372	181		10,237	4,257	904	141			27	.320	.404	.480	.884	1797	516.6	.405	124	350
25	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	183	1,284	4,603	901	1,297	269	73	795	712	34	383	37		5,409	2,261	525	60			62	.282	.382	.491	.873	900	270.6	.401	131	220.5

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